Kickathon

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Good morning, last night you or your child were given a form which they need for the Kickathon. The Kickathon is a fundraiser that we hold to raise funds for our “fighters fund”.The fighters fund was created a few years ago to ensure that every member of our dojo have as much opportunity as possible to compete in our tournaments  and hopefully not be held back because of financial constraints .The average cost of a single event at most Kyokushin tournaments is $35-$50 and when you multiple that  by multiple events eg: non-contact,contact,kata,team kata it’s not unusual to have a bill well in excess of $100, then multiply that by more than one child in a family and you have a problem for some of our members.

Because of the fighters fund ,this last weekend we were able  to pay the registration fee’s for 26 of our members to compete in multiple events at the Canadian Championships, I’m proud to say that because of the strong effort put forward on the part of our competitors  we were able to defend and once again win the team victory award!

Most of our fund raisers throughout the year are based on redirecting spending that we are most likely to do anyways eg: Purdy’s chocolate at Christmas, Neufelds food orders (we all have to spend money on food)

The Kickathon is different in that it is fun and challenging event that the members can all participate in.For the last couple of months we have been preparing for this and I hope that you all will participate.Next week you will have 3 opportunity’s to test yourselves by participating in the challenge which is to kick a set of pads held by your partner as many times as you can in a 5 min round.We will be doing this on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday, June 9,11,and 13.

Please go out and get pledges from family ,friends ,co-workers, teachers, but keep in mind that if your sponsors choose to pledge by the kick you may want to warn them that you likely will be able to do hundreds of kicks.

We will awarding prizes at our year end wrap up party on June 25th, there will be a number of categories Most kicks ,Best kicks,Best effort,Most spirit just to name a few so please get involved and help support the fighters fund, Thank you

Sensei Mike

If your sponsors need to send an e-transfer they can send the funds to  fundraiser@sdkarate.ca  ,just make sure that they mention who they are supporting in the notes in the e-transfer.